Aloha Spirit - March 26, 2011

The weatherman said rain in the morning and afternoon so we were expecting choppy water, but as you will see from the pictures it was beautiful. We left at 5:00 just as we were supposed to (even though I over slept - I hate that), and took a while to get out to Santa Cruz. So, with the overcast skies and a beautiful ocean, with the green island from the rain, wonderful Gold Coast Lady Angers and a couple of new friends we began fishing. We started out with Vita Loca bringing in ONE AFTER THE OTHER, but 2 at a time! Then Louise started giving Vita a little competition and they would compare who was bigger. I on the other hand was catching didley but just loved being out there. (isn't that what I'm supposed to say when I don't catch anything?) I continued to tell Vita if she didn't stop I was going to put her in the bait tank and would compare her to the bait tank size at which point Rickey started calling me Babzilla! (When the minister calls you 'Babzilla' you might question if you will see God when you get up there) But I wasn't the only person teasing on boat, Corey our wonderful deck hand... well you can see the guilty look on his face as he's trying to get away from whatever he did., He would walk around tapping our rods to make us think we got bit. Sometimes it worked and sometimes ot. One time Vita said regarding one of her fish 'Is that a good size' to which Corey replied 'That's as big as that size is going to get'. Corey made a funny! I finally got a really nice chucklehead and red together and once we caught limits we went for a halibut run, to no avail. But we appreciated the shot at it. The fish were there, but they weren't biting. Jackpot: Our GCLA winner was Chris with a 4lb 2oz chucklehead (who knew what she was catching so quietly on the other side of the boat!) beating out Mary and Vita on all of their catches. Greg took home the guys Jackpot with a beautiful red. All in all - great day on the water.

Gramma Zap!!!!!!

Just wanted to share the news that Jeanne is at the hospital with her daughter and looks like as of today we can officially call Jeanne GRAMMA ZAP!!!!

Let's all put Jeanne and Andrea in our prayer boxes for a wonderful easy labor and delivery!

Congrats Jeanne!!! Can't wait to see the new addition to our awesome group of Lady Anglers!!!

GCLA Dominates the Colnett once again!

GCLA hit the Colnett once again aboard the fabulous Dominator. We headed out Friday night to fish the Baja coast on a trip that rescheduled due to last weekends foul weather....

The weather forcast was great...The ocean was grease and the ride was smooth all the way there....I always pray to the fish Gods on the way to Colnett for a shot at the Yellows, but again, no luck on the exotics this time.

We threw a couple scoops on the high spot to encourage a bite and Fred and I worked the yo-yo solid for the first hour and a half....Frank wasn't seeing anything on the meter, but I kept trying until my shoulder just gave out.....then it was the dropper loop for the remainder...

The sun came out early and everyone started stripping off the layers....It felt so nice to feel the sun on my skin for a change...should have broke out the sunscreen when I saw everyone else doing it...oh well. By the end of the trip I was the same color as the Giant Reds we caught all day.

I struggled for the first few drifts....With a pound I would hit the bottom and instantly come up...Current was ripping for sure as everyone else reported. Frank told us we were drifting at 2 knots!!!! Craziness...I scoped out to make contact with the bottom again and EVERY FREAKIN TIME I would hang the bottom.....We were drifting so fast there was no chance of popping it off either...Between Fred and I, I think we donated 15qty 16oz sinkers to the big blue and then bought another 7 off of Frank....Frank sold 37 pounds of lead by the end of the trip...Jeez...Expensive freaking Lings!!!

We had a split JP on this trip because over half ended up being guys because a lot of ladies couldn't make the rescheduled date...I secured the Ladies JP with a Ling that went around 15 pounds. Josh took the men's side with a beast close to 20....We ended up with 43 lings and easy limits of consistantly huge Reds in the 5-8 pound range and a bunch of whitefish and misc. rock fish in the mix. Even 2 or 3 sheephead! Side note....I didn't have our infamous fish hat for the JP shot, so pardon my photoshop!

We also caught two "Mexican Reds" (the one on top in the pic below) I think they are just boccacios, but the crew said they are Mexican reds.... I laid it next to a red for comparison....Just goes to show one never stops learning!!!

Meals were off the hook once again...French toast and breakfast burritos in the manana, chicken fajita burritos at lunch, and veal picatta for supper with steamed asparagas....TO DIE FOR!!! and my favorite cookies and cream ice cream for dessert!!! Special thanks to Mondo for sneaking me all the big chunks of cookies!!!!





The Dominator has quickly become one of my all time favorite boats for sure....Not just because the boat is so comfy and wide and almost every bunk is a double.....but the crew is so killer cool it's like being with family. They really treat you right and with Frank and Randy at the wheel, that boat just kills the fish...

Thanks to Frank, Randy, Mondo, Paulie, and Kevin for another fantastic trip and fat full sacs once again and also for treating the Gold Coast Lady Anglers like the queens we are!!

March Birthday Girls!!!

The Gold Coast Lady Anglers would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the lovely ladies who celebrate their Birthday in the month of March!!!!

Gena V. 3/1

Julie H. 3/6

Renee L. 3/21

February Birthday Girls!!!!

The Gold Coast Lady Anglers would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the lovely ladies who celebrate their Birthday in the month of February!!!!




Anne C. February 4th

Kathy W. February 8th

Tina N. February 10th

Meli F. February 23rd.

Sally Jo M. February 25th

Sophia H. February 27th

Shirley M. February 28th

Fishing Shrine Workshop

Hi Everybody!

I have been asked to do a workshop with the Altoids Tin- Pocket Fishing Shrine. I will offer a work shop at my home/ Studio on Presidents Weekend.

There will be 2 sessions :

Saturday Feb 19 10 am - 1pm

Monday Feb 21 10am - 1pm

I will proved a kit with Altoids tin, resin cast fish, interesting papers, and power objects - 5$ ea

the sessions will cost 20$ ea and you will have the use of my tools, paints, glues and get demos from me, an award winning, nationally recognized fine artist.

Please contact me by phone, email, etc for my address and directions.

This workshop is open to everyone so bring your friends. ( not just GCLA)

I encourage you to bring small items that you might feel are personally lucky for you, or mementos to Incorporated into your shrine. If you feel you want to do some other theme with your shrine or want to make a larger version, just let me know. As you will notice - in my studio all things are possible!

http://www.bbmcintyre.com/

Fish4Food Event Update!!!!!!

Hey lovely Ladies!!!

I just got the info on a new web-site that is up to reserve and pay for your spot at this awesome event...

http://fish4food.eventbrite.com/

You can now conveniently pay on line...Hope we get great participation for this worthy cause....Let's show them how the Gold Coast Lady Anglers roll......

Wooo Hoooo!!!!!!

More Dominator Pics!!

Here are some more pics, courtesy of Susan V...

Forgot to mention that we said farewell for the final time to our good friend Bob, Lori's brother. He has shared many 'o great trips and good times with us. Rest in peace, Bob......

Dominator

Erika - On behalf of all of us on board the Dominator - THANK YOU for putting together this fabulous trip and for being a superlative DIVA !! We could not have started our 2011 fishing year any better than this. What a way to celebrate 10 years of the GOLD COAST LADY ANGLERS !! Let's tip our rods to the crew of the Dominator who treated us like the Queens we are - they were just awesome. I can't stop looking at your ginormous ling. The Dominator ROCKS !!! GCLA ROCKS !!! Fishing ROCKS !! The whole world ROCKS !!! Let's go do it again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dominating the Dominator!!!!!

The Gold Coast Lady Anglers had their first trip of the year, kicking off the 2011 Season aboard the Dominator out of Point Loma Sportfishing for a 1 1/2 day fishing Colnett. We hoped there would be decent weather, good times and a shot at the yellows.....well.....2 out of 3 ain't bad.....

We left the dock a bit early to get a head start on the early morning yellows. Once we loaded bait we gathered in the stern for Anthony's fishing seminar...Poor Anthony....He kept asking if we had any questions and all the ladies could ask is, "Are we there yet?"...Yup, we were amped!

Normal scene, a bunch of women, some alcohol, and a whole bunch of food. The girls rigged up...I nibbled for a while, tied on an iron and hit the rack.

The ride over was awesome....I slept like a baby and woke up to the sound of the motors backing down. We settled on the high spot and threw a couple scoops. Once Frank told us to let 'em go it was yo-yo central along the rail. 24 of us felt the burn as we tried to get the yellows to go...A half hour later the ladies started to tire and one by one, the jigs came off and the dropper loops got tied on. First fish on was a ling caught by Lori and then the fishing got epic....Whitefish came under the boat and were so fiesty that they were eating the iron and sardines... A couple of gals switched over to the squid strips and slaughtered them. The rest of us targeted the lings.

The day continued on and drift after drift we put the wood to lots of big lings, huge reds, a few grouper and starries, and even a sheephead!

The ladies had a blast, even as the seas started getting sloppy. They toughed it out and stayed at the rail in rough seas and wind, Shirley even took a hook through the back of her hand and Frank had to remove it...That was pretty cool, well I guess not for her, but she was a champ and bandaged up and kept fishing! At 'a girl!!!!

Fred was a gent as usual and helped out Anne who was having a hard time getting bit. Fred got bit and called her over. He handed her the rod and she struggled a bit winding it in....it was a big fish for sure.

Frank grabbed her a fighting belt and she kept winding away.....her catch was amazing (It was one of the biggest reds I have ever seen)!!! and boy was she grateful.

Anyway...limits of Monster Lings and Reds with a bunch of whities and a few misc. bankies, grouper, etc....

I ended up with the JP fish...a fat girl that weighed in at just over 20 pounds, although plenty of contenders had me nervous....

I can not say enough about the crew...Frank, Randy, Anthony, Mondo....you guys are so awesome!!! The greatest group of guys and a pleasure to be around. Outstanding customer service even when dealing with a boat full of needy ladies...you guys are the best!!! Thanks for taking such great care of us!

So many pics...I'm just going to attach them all here at the end....Hope you enjoy!